Shloka 20

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

न करिष्यति तल्लोके ककश्षिदन्यो नराधिप:

Transliteration

na kariṣyati tal loke kaścid anyo narādhipaḥ

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “In this world, no other king will accomplish that deed.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• करिष्यति: will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• तत्: that (deed/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, some (person)
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित् (अनिश्चित-प्रत्यययुक्त सर्वनाम)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अन्यः: other
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नराधिपः: king (lord of men)
• नराधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• narādhipaḥ (a king, unspecified)